Last year, the major programme was the introduction of the new Premium Economy cabin across the longhaul fleet (see MRO Management, March 2015). However, Georg Stof felen, Head of Project Management says this was preceded by an even more ambitious programme involving 88 aircraft, of six different types, with varying degrees of complexity in the projects associated with each model. Valuable lessons were learnt that helped with the Premium Economy fit and it is worth taking a look back at how these challenges were met. For the Airbus A330-300, 19 aircraft were modified with the Zodiac Inflight Innovations RAVE seat-centric IFE system, replacing an older Rockwell Collins system that was generating increased amounts of maintenance. The economy class seats had to be modified to accept the new screens. Overall there was a weight saving of 500 to 600kg per aircraft.
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